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Marjorie Florestal

Associate Professor of Law
B.A., J.D., New York University

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Tel:  916.739.7027

Professor Florestal brings her considerable talents and scholarship to bear on one of the most difficult challenges in the world trade arena: the economic development of Africa. Most recently, she served as Senior Legal Advisor working with the Cape Verde government to prepare that country to join the World Trade Organization (WTO). She has been a Visiting Researcher in Africa, lecturing at a number of institutions, working with the African Development Bank to mainstream trade issues in their lending practices and to train African trade officials on substantive aspects of WTO law, and publishing a variety of articles on international trade issues. At the invitation of the State Department, Professor Florestal has designed and implemented programs in Nigeria and Ethiopia working with those governments on good governance issues and integrating developing countries into the world trading system. Previously, Professor Florestal was Managing Attorney for Africa in the Commercial Law Development Program at the U.S. Department of Commerce. There she administered a multimillion dollar technical assistance program in North and West Africa implementing a range of training programs on commercial legal reform and the WTO Agreement. From 1998 to 2000, she was Assistant General Counsel in the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, where, as lead attorney and head of the U.S. delegation for safeguards measures, she presented arguments before WTO dispute settlement panels. A former Fulbright Scholar and law clerk to Chief Judge John T. Nixon of the U.S. District Court in Tennessee, Professor Florestal has lectured widely on the WTO and the impact of globalization on developing countries.

Courses:  Contracts  |  European Union Law  |  International Trade and Development

Recent Publications: Terror on the High Seas: The Trade and Development Implications of U.S. National Security Measures, 72 Brooklyn Law Review 385 (2007).

Technical Assistance Post-Doha: Is There Any Hope of Integrating Developing Countries into the Global Trading System? 24 Arizona Int’l L. J. 121 (2007)

 Balanced, Smart and Engaging Conversations on Free Trade

 Curriculum Vitae